Organization culture defined and assessed

1. What is organizational culture? After defining organization culture assess your work culture and explain one way you would go about changing your present work culture.

2. Obtain an organizational chart from your health care setting, review it and identify the difference between line and staff positions. (No need to post the actual chart). Each of you are to post a brief description of your organization, the organizational structure and then discuss in the class what title is in the line and staff for nursing only. Then address who are the real leaders in this organization.

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1. This is from Wikipedia:
Organizational culture, or corporate culture, comprises the attitudes, experiences, beliefs and values of an organization. It has been defined as "the specific collection of values and norms that are shared by people and groups in an organization and that control the way they interact with each other and with stakeholders outside the organization. Organizational values are beliefs and ideas about what kinds of goals members of an organization should ...